Leviticus 26:6
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6 And I will grant peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid; I will remove dangerous animals from the land, and no sword shall go through your land.(A)
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Isaiah 35:9
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9 No lion shall be there,
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there.(A)
Zephaniah 3:13
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13 the remnant of Israel;
they shall do no wrong
and utter no lies,
nor shall a deceitful tongue
be found in their mouths.
Then they will pasture and lie down,
and no one shall make them afraid.(A)
Ezekiel 34:25
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25 I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild animals from the land, so that they may live in the wild and sleep in the woods securely.(A)
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Psalm 147:14
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- 147.14 Or prosperity
Jeremiah 30:10
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10 But as for you, have no fear, my servant Jacob, says the Lord,
and do not be dismayed, O Israel,
for I am going to save you from far away
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and no one shall make him afraid.(A)
Haggai 2:9
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9 The latter splendor of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts, and in this place I will give prosperity, says the Lord of hosts.”(A)
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Hosea 2:18
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18 I will make for you[a] a covenant on that day with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground, and I will abolish[b] the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you[c] lie down in safety.(A)
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Psalm 29:11
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11 May the Lord give strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with peace!(A)
Zechariah 9:10
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10 He[a] will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations;
his dominion shall be from sea to sea
and from the River to the ends of the earth.(A)
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- 9.10 Gk: Heb I
Ezekiel 14:15
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15 If I send wild animals through the land to ravage it so that it is made desolate and no one may pass through because of the animals,(A)
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Job 11:19
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19 You will lie down, and no one will make you afraid;
many will entreat your favor.
Exodus 23:29
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29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.(A)
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John 14:27
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27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.(A)
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Micah 4:4
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4 but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees,
and no one shall make them afraid,
for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.(A)
Ezekiel 14:17
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17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, “Let a sword pass through the land,” and I cut off humans and animals from it,(A)
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Ezekiel 5:17
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17 I will send famine and wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children; pestilence and bloodshed shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I, the Lord, have spoken.”(A)
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Psalm 127:1-2
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Psalm 127
God’s Blessings in the Home
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord guards the city,
the guard keeps watch in vain.(A)
2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil,
for he gives sleep to his beloved.[a](B)
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- 127.2 Or for he provides for his beloved during sleep
Psalm 85:8
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8 Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
for he will speak peace to his people,
to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.[a](A)
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- 85.8 Gk: Heb but let them not turn back to folly
Psalm 4:8
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8 I will both lie down and sleep in peace,
for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety.(A)
Psalm 3:5
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5 I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.(A)
Job 5:23
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23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals shall be at peace with you.(A)
1 Chronicles 22:9
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9 See, a son shall be born to you; he shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; indeed, his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace[a] and quiet to Israel in his days.(A)
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- 22.9 The Heb word for peace is related to Solomon
2 Kings 17:25-26
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25 When they first settled there, they did not worship the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them that killed some of them. 26 So the king of Assyria was told, “The nations that you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the law of the god of the land; therefore he has sent lions among them; they are killing them because they do not know the law of the god of the land.”
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2 Kings 2:24
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24 When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.(A)
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